Table 2.

Cross-sectional adjusted associations between explored factors and GPs' identification of young people's emotional distress, in young people with low and high scores on the K10. Only the factors that significantly contribute to the model are presented.

	GP identification discordant with results on the K10 (K10 score <20)				GP identification concordant with results on the K10 (K10 score ≥20)
Factors	n	ORa	95% CI	P-value	ORa	95% CI	P-value
Beliefs
Fears about current illness	193	0.9	0.4 to 2.2	0.86	2.4	1.1 to 5.1	0.02
Self-perceived mild to severe mental illness	107	0.6	0.1 to 5.4	0.58	62.6	22.8 to 172	<0.001
Causal explanation: natural world	139	0.5	0.2 to 1.5	0.22	0.1	0.0 to 0.5	0.01
Other patient factors
Consultations in past 6 monthsb: >7 consultations	108	1.5	0.3 to 8.6	0.62	3.0	1.0 to 8.4	0.04
Days off school/work in past 6 months	175	3.2	1.1 to 9.4	0.03	2.7	1.2 to 5.7	0.01
Came to usual practice	227	6.5	1.4 to 29.5	0.02	3.4	1.6 to 6.9	0.02

^aReference category for all analyses: neither identified by GP nor having high level of emotional distress on the K10.

^bConsultation with any health professional, not only this GP.